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Accenture and Plexis have launched a solution designed to optimize the efficiency, cost and reliability of Medicaid Management Information Systems. Accenture’s Public Health Platform introduces a new MMIS option designed to enable states to better adapt to the evolving Medicaid landscape.
Meaningful use criteria gets the ball rolling.
The 112th Congress met for the first time on January 5, with Republicans making their first order of business a repeal of the healthcare reform law. Experts say if that were to happen, it should not have a major effect on health IT.
A panel of healthcare experts representing privacy, trends, technology, regulatory, data breach and governance have identified the top seven trends in healthcare information privacy for 2011.
New research from the National Quality Forum supports the use of effective IT tools and promotes clinical decision support.
The government has already begun planning for meaningful use requirements under Stages 2 and 3 – to be used beginning in 2013 and 2015 – and some stakeholders would like to see the feds raise the ante on quality.
Many hospitals and doctors already plan to adopt electronic health records and qualify for federal incentive payments, according to survey data released last month by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
From the White House to the Office of the Inspector General, the government has issued plans that will involve the advancement of healthcare IT in 2011.
Many Americans believe that U.S. policymakers’ failure to invest more in medical innovation will have a "significant long-term impact" on quality of life, employment and economic growth, according to a new poll. Medical research and innovation is typically linked to the use of information technology.
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has announced the launch of its new EHR certification program for hospitals.